DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
SQNQRA
MOWS
OFF MEXICAN YOKE
0FFICIAL8 PROCLAIM AN
DEPENDENT REPUBLIC."
'IN.
FEDERAL PROPERTY SEIZED
Customs Houses Taken Over In thj
Name of the "Insurgent
,! ' GovernmenL"
Nogales, Sonora. Cuatonifi houses
nnd all proporty of tho federal govern
ment of Moxlco wore formally seized
In the name of tho "ropubllc of Son
era".
Sonorn Btnto offlcors headed by Gov.
Adolfo do la Huorta, governor of
Sonorn, who has been proclaimed
"supremo power of tho ropubllc of
Sonora" by tho Btate congrcES, do.
clared wbllo tho state had Receded
It vould return to the Moxlcun repub
lic upon guarantooB from tho nutlonal
ndmlnlRtrntlon that thoro would bo no
Infringement of tho suite's rights by
tho fcdoral government.
Tho secession, nccordlng to tho of
ficials, was brought about by Carrnn
jcfl ordering federal troops Into tho
Btate. They said tho next move was
up to Carranza. Unless ho acts, po
litical leaders of Sonora said, the now
republic would defy tho Mexican foil-
eral government and resist with
armed forces any attempt of Carrauza
to take back tho state by force
Gen. P. Ellas Callcs, former gover
nor of Sonorn, and who recently re
Ifned from tho Carranza cabinet, has
bean made supremo military com
mander of tho stato's military forccB.
Callcs has Issued a proclamation call
Ins for voluntoers and calling on all
soldiers In the state to rally against
any threatened Invasion by Carranza
forces. '
Spread of the socesBlon movement
to othor states unless tho Mexican
government acts quickly was forecast
hero. Tho Slnaloa state congress, ac
cording to Information rocolvcd hero,
has Indorsed the action of tho Sonora
congress in demanding constitutional
rights, and Lower California, accord
Ing to thoBO reports, is oxpocted to
do the same. Sjnaloa politics aro
closely Interwoven with Sonora's and
both states aro largely controlled by
Ofln. Alvaro Obrogon.
Oot. do la Huorta's solzuro of the
Southern Pacific of Moxlco railroad,
according to Reports hero, has won
supporters In Slnnlon", where vnat
jnantltlos or agricultural products nro
awaiting shipment, .In an Interview
tho governor sold the atato would hold
tho road within tho atato until tho
railroad arbitrated or nthorwlso Bot
tled tho strike. Tho governor de
clared neither tho Htrlkers nor tho
officials havo a right to tlo up the
road and causa porlshabla cropH to
ruin. Crops now nro moving frcoly
over the road, which In being operated
by strikorB paid by tho state, tho
governor said,
Officials of the Southern Paclflo
have appealed' to the' Mexican fcdoral
government for assistance but Sonora
ttato officials said any ottompt by
Carranza to forco return of tho prop
arty would be rno.t by bloodshed.
A proposal to send a delegation of
onora citizens to Washlngtqn In nn
effort to have tho United Stato
settle tho difficulty will dopond upon
jBarranzn'fl answer to Sonorn's bocos
alon, it was said, '
Rule of Workers Ends. s
Dussoldorf, Tho 'rule of the work
Men ceased throughout tho Ruhr dis
trict, when tho ox,ccut!vo cpinmttoo9
at DUBseidorf, Elborfold, ha'rmeo nnd
Hagen rollnqulsliod authority to tho
municipal authorities In compliance
with tho poaco terms of tho Illoiefold
and Muenstcr agreements.
Jury Acquits Mr. and Mrs. Searle.
Deadwood, S. D. Mr. and Mra. Geo.
Searle woro acquitted of a charge of
murder by a Jury in district court.
They woro charged with tho death of
Mrs. Hilda Neamy, mothor of Mrs.
Uoarlo, whoso body was found In a
furnaco at her home in Lead Decem
ber 7 last.
Wets Lose In Michigan,
Lansing, Mich. Action of tho Mich
igan legislature In ratifying the na
tional prohibition amendment It final
and cannot bo submitted to a rotor
endum vote of tho people, tho supremo
court hold.
Big Bible Haul Made by Thieves.
Chicago, III, Chicago police were
searching for tho "meanest thieves"
who Htolo 123 Blblos valuod at $37,500
from thu prison Utblo socloty. Tho
Blblos wero carried away In a moving
Tan.
Hurl Bombi on New York.
Waahipgton, D. C -Details of plans
of the Gorman gonoral staff (or bomb
ing Now York city from tho air, and
a minute description of tho super zap
pollu In which the Invasion would
have been attempted, are contained in
an article by Col. William N Hon
ley, Jr., of the air service, nude pub
lic by the war department. Col Hen
ley, who wa one of the American of
fleer who visited Germany after the
armistice, says the German effort was
efceduled to take place about Thank
(irliiff, 1918.
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3ALVADOR PLANNING TO
CHUT OUT THE AMERICANO
Propoced Plan Abolishes Pan-Amcrl-
can Union In Washington and
Other U. S. Organizations.
Washington, D. C After studying
tho Htate department's Interpretation
of the Monroo doctrine, sent sovoral
weeks ago, tho congress of Salvador
adopted a decreo proposing tho ere'
atlon of a Latin-American court of ar
bitration with the United States ex
cluded
Should tho proposed court no decide
tho Paii.Amoricnn union with head
quarlors hero, tho Central American
court of Justice of Cartago and tho In
ternational bureau of Guatemala, In
tho formation of which the United
States waB Instrumental, would bo
abolished.
It was learned that copies of tho
decroo had beon communicated to the
Central and South American ropubllca.
Ah rocolvcd hero through other of'
flciul 'channels tho decreo follows:
"Tho executive Is horoby authorized
to address tho chancellories of tho
Latin American countries through
whatcvor instrumentality he inay
deem moat Bultablc with a view to
bringing to tholr knowiodgo and con
aldoration establishment of a court of
arbitration to scttlo International diffi
culties of any nature arising among
the signatory powerB, subject to tho
following conditions:
"1. Each of tho signatory powers
Bhrfll namo through its respective leg
islative branch a Judicial roprosonta
tlvo who shall servo for n porlod fixed
by its constitution. The tr.al of tho
court shall bo choson by the govern
ments. "2. Tho signatory powers shall
submit to tho court all questions that
might glvo rise to international com
plications wherever they cannot be
sottled by tho mombors Involved. In
tho event of a conflict arising botwoon
tho signatory powers and another na
tion not signatory to tho court, and
no agreement having boon reached,
tho Hlgnatory powors shall placo all
tho documents in tho case at tho dis
posal of tho court which shall pro
coed nfi It deems host toward tho set
tlement of tho difficulty. If, untor-
lunatoly. this friendly settlement
should fall, notlco thoroof shall bo
given to tho signatory powors so that
they may mako common causa and
order tho closing of tholr ports to
tho trndo of tho offending country:
thoy Bhall be bound to render assist -
ance with tholr land nnd soa forces
Tho country bonoflted shall bo obliged
to boar tho expenses, according to Rh
mil annum iniH mir iiiuvii uuuiiuLiLti i
resources and In tho discretion of tho
court,
"3 Tho court shall aid In tho con
structlon of ships among tho signatory
which do not now posaosss thorn.
These shnll bo devoted In times of
puneo to trado purposes and during
he war to coastwise defense
"I. Should civil war Ijroak out In n
rlguatory powor, tho court may Inter
veno to bring about a cessation of tho
horrors whenovor It shall deem It nec
essary, and tho othor powers shall
lend tholr aid as may bo determined.
"0. Tho court shall devoto special
attontlon to tho onnctmont of ade
quate, uniform legislation among tho
signatory poweni nnd to stimulating
tho frlondllost poosisblo relations.
"6 Tho cxocutlvo la hereby author
ized to offor the capital of tho ropub
lice the othor nations In tho event
that no other bo chosen for tho flrot
j mooting, and to pay tho nocossary ex-
ponses.
I "7 Immediately after the Installn
I tlon of tho Latln-Amorlcan court, tho
Central Amorlcan court of Justice of
Cartago, the International buroau of
Guatemala and tho International bu
' roan of Amorlcan republics (tho Pan-
American union) with Its seat In
i Washington, shall cease to function
Hoover Leads Edwards by C.000.
Detroit, Mich. Practically completo
returns from Michl,-..ns presidential
primary showed ljubert Hoover over
0,000 votes i..i?iid of Governor Ed
wards, New Jcrsoy in the democratic
poll and no chango In lltrum Johnson's
45.000 lead over Major General Leon
ard Wood in the republican race. Pro
clncts not yet heard from are tn rural
llstrictB and do not aBgregnte nioro
Mian n fow thousand votes not
nough to affect the standing or any
;andldato it was said
Carrier
f,
JAPANESE FORCES NOW
OCCUPY VLADIVOSTOK
Russian Troops Escape to Surrounding
Hills 100 Koreans Are 8ald to
Have Been Arrested. .
Washington, D. C Official dis
patches telling of tho occupation of
Vladivotok by Japanese were received
by the state department from tho
American consulate.
Tho dispatches summarized tho
situation as follows:
"Tho lines of tho Japanese troops
wore gradually extended to cover, the
hills commanding Vladivostok during
tho latter of March, the Japaneso
flag was raised over Tiger hill, from
which control of tho railway station
waB possible, on April 1; fortifications
woro prepared; on April 2, Japanoso
demands woro prosented to tho pro
visional governmont of Vladivostok;
and tho occupation of tho city bogan
at 10 o'clock, Vladivostok time, April
4, when Japaneso troops moved in at
tho railway station amid general ex
change of shots between tho Japanoso
and the provisional forces.
"Up to 11 o'clock, April C, no Amer
icans had been Injured. Most of tho
Russian troops, who woro at Vladi
vostok escaped into tho hills. Ap
proximately 100 Koreans are reported
to havo beon arrested."
Tho department's information is
that tho following notice, constitut
ing part of an announcement pub
lished In tho official Gazotto at Tokio
on March 31, regarding Japauese
troops in Siberia, made public by tho
Btate dopartment on April 3, was
posted In various parts of the city of
Vladivostok:
"Tho Imperial Japanese government
takes occasion to declaro Its inten
tion that when political conditions in
tho country contiguous to or neighbor
ing on Japan havo becomo stable, and
all monace to Manchuria nnd Korea
havo boon removed, when tho Ufa and
proporty of Imperial subjects havo
been Bocurod, when the freedom of
traffic and communication has beon
guaranteed, It will then withdraw its
military forces from all pnrta of Si
beria a the earliest moment oppor
tune after the conclusion of the
repatriation of tho Czccho-Slovuk
army."
Gen. Inouyo, tho Japaneso military
attacho here, summarized the dis
patch from Toklo In tho following
statement;
"According to tho proclamation to
tho Japanese government undor
March 31. negotiations between tho
(Japanese army and tho Russian
authorities at Vladivostok woro
progressing vory favorably with n
view to agreeing upon a porgram of
cu-opuniuuu, wmuu, u ,,.u -.
ItlU 8U11UCII UKhlUDBIVU MWIIUM Ml tllU
.Russian army forced a battle with tho
JnpanoBC troops at Vladivostok, Nl
kolsk and Khabarovsk.
"At Vladivostok tho Japauese suc
ceeded in disarming both tho Russian
army and navy on the morning of
April 5, but nt Nlkolsk and Khabar
ovsk tho fighting Is still in progress.
Tho Japanoso command proclaimed
thnt the disturbance was provoked by
tho threatened and nggrosslvo actions
of a portion of tho Russian army and
In disarming tho Russians it had no
other motlvo than to maintain order
nnd peace. Tho Russian authorities
are now being negotiated with in an
ondoavor to arrive at a harmonious
future policy."
More Railway Money.
Wanhington Additional appropria
tions of $436,000,000 to wind up fed
eral control of railroads was asked of
the house appropriations committee
by Swagar Shcrloy, director of finance
for the railroad administration.
Should this request bo granted It
would make n grand total of J1.88G.
000,000 that congross will have voted
tho railroads out of the todoral treas
ury. Little Truth In Hospital Complaints.
Washington. Congressmen and
Surgeon General Ireland have re
ceived complaintB from patients of
tho army and general hospital at
Oteon, N C, that guards of tho hos
pital "struck patients with guns"' and
that "oach tnoal was a riot," the war
dopartment revealed in an announce
ment that conditions at the hospital
have boon corrected. Col. C. C. Kin
ney, who conducted an Investigation,
found that the charges made by the
! patients were false. It was announced.
U.40LC o.i.i CALLS H..
ON EMBASSY PICKllTltJG
futuro Banner Bearers In Behalf of
Irish Republic Will Be
Prosecuted. , .
ttfnelilnirlnn T O TMlfl fni1nTll1
government moved to end picketing of
..e British embassy, ronowed by wo
ucn swmpathlzers with the movement
for an Irish republic.
1 t'nlted States District Attorney Lea
key Informed Mntthew O'Hrlcn, coun
sel for tho women. If his clients per
sisted they would be prosecuted an
der a federal statute which mnaeB
tho offering of an insult to a forarfgn
diplomatic representative or to his
official rosldenco a felony, punish
able by n ponitontlnry sentence.
Simultaneously, Mr. Lnskey com
munlcated his declsidn to the District
of Columbia commissioners, who In
structed the police to arrest tho wo
men after warning them, Capt Doyle
and two police women woro sent to
the embassy in a patrol wagon and
found Mrs. Mary Walker, Astoria, L.
I., and Miss Mollle Carroll. Now
York city, carrying banners.
CapL Doyle Informed them that tin
less they left In fifteen minutes they
would be arroated under federal stat
utes, but they refused to depart
After they had been taken to police
headquarters and held for half an hour
they were released on orders of Mr
Laskoy.
Tho district attorney explained that
tho police had acted before Mr
O'Brien had had time to notify his
clients of the government's decision.
An hour before the police inter
vened Mrs. Sophie Stanton and Mrs
Hattlo Larkin, of this city, attacked
two pickets who had preceded Mrs.
Walker and Miss Carroll and were
arrested on charges of disorderly con
duct. They were released on deposit
ing a cash forfeit of $25 each
Mrs. Walker and Miss Carroll were
not replaced at the embassy after tho
police took them away and leaders
of the movement would not talk of
their plans for tho future.
The women had relieved two others
who resumed picketing the embassy
Just beforo noon. While the women
carrying banners were pacing up and
down in front of tho embassy n police
patrol wagon rolled up and Capt,
Doyle and two policemen got out.
Walklnc ud to tWe banner bearers.
Capt. Doyle said:
"Ladles, these are tho two polico
women who ' will place you under
arrest."
The pickets offered no resistance
and were taken to a nearby police
station along with tholr bnnners One
bannor bore this Inscription: "Ameri
ca: Abrogate All Treaties with Eng
land'
The othor read: "American Wo
men, Condemn Your Reign of Terror
in the Irish Republic."
Car Shortage Less of Late.
Washington. The peak of the
freight car shortage has been passed
for tho time being said a statement
by tho American uauroaa auaucmvi
tlon's car service commission On
March 15, tho average dally shortagti
was 80,000 cars, tho statement said,
compared with a dally average of 90.
000 a few weeks before. Shortage of
coal cars continues, however Special
efforts to rolocato coal cars diverted
into western territory during tho coal
strike nrc still being mado, the com
mission said.
Adlatlc Row Near End.
London. Reports that n now basis
of 80ttlemcnt of tho Adriatic question
has been proposed by Premier Lloyd
George, on which the advlco of tho
United States was not solicited, were
confirmed by nn authoritative Serbian
quarter Tho proposals aro character
ized by Serbian partisans as the most
acceptable yet advanced, but the an
nouncement that they have been dofl
riltely accepted by tho Italo-Sorblan
conferees la said to be premature.
No Liquor for Culinary Purposes.
naltlmore. A ruling received by
Prohibition Commisloner R. S, Dodson
from Commissioner Kramer In Wash
ington, said that 'Commissioner Ro
por has decided that undor the law
thoro Is no authority for issuing per
mits to use liquor for culinary pur
poses. No further applications for
withdrawals should bo approved un
der permits outstanding."
Johnson Coming Home.
Weatervllle. Ohio William E.
(Pnssoytoot) Johnson. anti-saloon
league leador who ' gave an "eye to
make England dry" Is coming back to
the United States thlt month, nccord
lug to a cablegram received by E. II.
Cherrlngton, league official.
Now Mary's Sick.
Los Angeles, Cal. Mary Plckford
Fairbanks Is under the care of i phy
sician nt her home In Beverly Hills
following wha; is R.ild to have been a
near nervous (ollap-- wh.le working
at hor studio.
Chicago Strike Upsets Business.
Chicago. Fifty thounand stock
yurda employes will bo thrown out of
work oh n result of the strike of the
swltchmon In tho Chicago railroad
yards, tho packers announced, Five
thousand were laid off when thoy re
ported for work and tho others will
follow as soon as the small receipts
of animals on hand are taken caro of.
Only 3. BOO cattle. 5,000 hogs and 500
sheep roached the stock yurds. as
compared to receipts of 40,000 hogs
atone year ago.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
rimely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for tho Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
The .Missouri Pacific's demand for 3
cents n nillo passenger faro In Nebras
ka, wherens other lines only secured 2
cents n mile, before government con
trol, has been upheld by Special Mas
ter Gnlnes, appointed by the govern
ment to deciilo tho Issue. Tills case
hns been In court for years, and In
volved hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Refund slips Issued by the road
pending the ruling In the case nrc now
worthless, unless a roversnl follows In
an appeals court.
The car shorlngo Is acute In Nebras
ka, reports showing thnt elevntors In
all parts of the stnte nro fairly bulging
with grain nnd cannot ho emptied,
while considerable apprehension exists
among farmers over the fnct thnt they
must move their corn or It will spoil
as It contains considerable moisture
and will heat soon.
Nebraska ranks second in number
of telephones per capita, according to
figures compiled by the Omahn Cham
ber of Commerce. In this state there
are 19.1 telephones for every 1,000 In
haljltnnts, according to the list. Iown
lends tho world with 220 phones per
1,000 persons.
Construction of n new city Jail ot
Omaha, $200,000 worth of sewor exten
sions and many thousnnds of dollars
wortli of paving will be delayed In
definitely because of the unfavorable
conditions on the bond market, It Is
said.
Tho St. Paul school board has Just
closed a contract for the erection of n
new high school building which will
cost $130,000. The building will be lo
cated on nn eight ncre tract presented
to the district by N. J. Paul, founder
of the town.
Another record price for downtown
property In Omnhn was established
when Julius Orkln purchased the prop
erty and building occupied by A. Hospe
nnd company nt 1518 Douglas street,
for $300,000. This was approximately
$7,500 n front foot.
Affairs of the American State bank
nt Aurora, reports say, remain where
they were when the doors of the instl-
tutlon were closed March 10. The
state bnnklng borad has an ofllcial In
charge, but no step has been taken to
pay the depositors.
Dodge county farmers are bneklng
the boys' and girls' club work us a
means of keeping the youngsters on
tho ffmns n ml away from the city's
lure and thereby relieve the acute
shortage of farm labor.
Mrs. Sadie Hnney, widow of La'
Grange Hnney, first Gage county sol
dier to be killed In uctlon In France,
was presented u French memorial cer
tificate by two members of the local
post of tho American Legion.
Laurel Post No, 5-1, of tho American
Legion, nt Laurel, adopted resolutions
declaring the non-pnrtlsun league "un
Amerlcan and a mennco to the best In
terests of this government."
Eighteen German-born residents of
Dodge county hnve filed uppllcntlons
for final henrlng on petitions to be
como citizens In order thnt they may
vote nt the full election.
Several new residences, a new
gurnge, a number of business buildings
and twenty blocks of new paving nro
improvements planned for Gothenburg
this season.
Archbishop Harty of Omulia will
preside nt the dedication ot Lynch
hospital, recently completed nt O'Neill.
The ceremony will bo held Mny 1.
Midland college has Issued Invita
tions to 34 high schools within u radius
of 50 miles of Fremont, to compete tn
n track and Held meet there Mny 1.
Stntlstlclnns estimate thnt there are
327,8-11 women of voting age In Ne
braska, while the ninle population of
voting ago totnls 388,020.
Census figures give Nebraska City
n population of 0,270 persons. This Is
nn Inerense of 701 over 1010 or 14.4
per cent.
High school students of Hebron nro
to have u new gymnasium, work on
the structure having started a week
ngo.
Tho Nebraska Division of the Trov
ers Protective association will meet
nt Omaha on April 23 and 25.
Oats sold for OSe n bushel on the
Omahn market the. other day, the high
est In nil history.
Charles W. Stelnhnugh, Omahn ar
chitect, member of the Nebraskn capl
tol committee snys thnt the new 5,
000,000 structure to be built nt Lincoln
will be more serviceable, durable and
beautiful than any such structure here
tofore built In the United Stntes.
When the time limit for submitting
bids for the paving of twenty miles of
Douglas county roads expired, not a
single bid was received. A permanent
Injunction granted against part of the
paving wns given as u probable reason
for tho lack of bidding on this lust
project.
Wilson Tout, superintendent of
North Platte schools for 13 consecutive
years, has resigned to engage In n
business venture.
Sixty fanners from Cozud appeared
before the state railway commission
and gave their vlows on the proposi
tion to give the Cozad Irrigating Ditch
Co. tho right to raise their water rates.
Mrs. Gallen Plants, of Geneva, sister
of Raymond Hill, young farmer await
ing trial on the charge of the murder
of his father, asked that a guardian
be appointed for her nccuscd brother,
I alleging that he Is not of sound mind
It losts the stnte nn iMen..' or .-"..m
u month or ?3,000 a year to pay tho
publication of a monthly bulletin is
sued by Governor McKolvIc and Stnte
Engineer Johnson, who are nt tho bend
of the stnte department of public
works. This money conies out of tho
statu highway fund. Stnte Engineer
Johnson snys thnt shu-e Inw requires
lilin to report each month showing
the condition of this fund, he decided
he would make ids report In the form
of n monthly bulletin.
Constitutional convention fllcnls
are now counting the cost or the con
vention. It Is evident Hint the totnl
appropriation, ?110,000, set aside by
the legislature of 1010 will be Insuf
ficient to pay nil expenses Incurred
nnd some of the expenses which It Is
desired to Incur In the way of "publici
ty." Under the lntter bend the olllccrs
of the convention hope to print nhout
300,000 pamphlets to mull to voters.
The Fremont city council heeded a
petition signed by 2,093 cllr.ens against
permitting theatres to operate on Sun
dny, and now the forces favoring tho
Sunday shows are preparing to circu
late petitions to submit the Initiative
nnd referendum to the people for
ndoption ns n part of the city Inw. If
adopted, they say they will' secure a
populnr vote on the theater question.
John H. Moreheiul of Falls City will
be n candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor nt the prima
ry election on April 20, the stnte su
preme court having grunted Secretary
of Stnte Ainsberry permission lo pluce
his mime on tho ballot.
The ulmost unprecedented Easter
blizznrd, which swept the southeast
unil south central sections of Nebras
ka, demoralized train service and
wire communication, caused the loss
of some livestock and Injured crops
to some extent.
It Is generally understood that no
political partiality will bo shown when
the Nebraska Woman Suffrage asso
ciation holds Its annual meeting in
Omaha on .Tune 14 and 15, to re
organize as n League of Women
Voters.
Many residents In the north part oflj;
Omnhn were driven from their bom
and n great deal of damnge done
several hwidred ucres of bottom
were inundated as the result
overflowing of the Missouri riv
The St. Paul city council
pleted plans for pnvlng to
mnln street of the city, w
paved, with the federal aid
meets the townsite nt
corner.
Hearings of the compl
banks of Nebraskn with
the treatment accorded
federal reserve hanks hn.4
April 28 and 29 ut Washington
The new bridge to span the Middle
Loup on the federal nrd stnte highway
Just north of Tnylor will be reduced to
sixty feet. The bridge will thus cost
only $10,000 Instead of ?27,O00.
An Increase of one hundred nnd six
ty per cent In the average value of
Holt county lands was ngreed upon nt
a meeting of the precinct nssessors of
the county at O'Neill.
Mny 17, 18 and 10 are the dates set
for the state encampment of the G. A.
It., W. R.I C, the Sons of Veterans nnd
kindred organizations which will he
held at Fremont.
Four hundred and 5-1 transfers of
land, for a total consideration of $5,-461,5-18.25,
is the record of the renl
estute transactions In Holt county dur
ing March.
Work has begun on the building of
a new $250,000 hotel nf McCook. The
building will be of relntorcod steel nnd
concrete, fireproof nnd with all modern
conveniences.
Word has readied Omnhn from Ne
braska metnbers of congress that the
state metropolis Is sure to be on the
proposed coast-to-coast air mall line.
A bronze nnd granite memorial to
cost $12,000 will be erected in Central
City In honor of Merrick county boys
who served In the world wnr.
Construction has begun on a new
$S,000 sales pavllllon nt DeWltt, funds
for which were raised by business
men of the town.
The City National bunk of Kearney
hns passed the $3,000,000 mark ii) de
posits. Other banks in the city show
a steady gain.
The Spencer Community club plans
to erect a -10-rAom modern fireproof
hotel nt n cost 'or $100,000 this sum
mer. North Platte Is to lnunclf a "Clean Up
nnd Pntnt Up Campaign" starting
April 10 and continuing for one week.
The city council nt Loup City adopt
ed u resolution for the construction of
ii complete system of lateral sewers.
More than 000 people attended the
laying of the cornerstone of n new
$100,000 school building at Scotlu.
A hotel compnny with aventy-flro
Incorporators has been organized at
Ord to nuance the building of n $200,-
000 fiotel. A local company will erect
the building, and lease It to nn op
erator who will furnish and operate
the hotel.
Rev. T. J. Mackey, for over ilfty
years a member of the F.plscopnl
ministry, 28 of which were spent ns
head of the All Saints' parish at
Omaha, died nt his home In the Ne
braska metropolis nt the age of 70. He
was one of the most widely known
pastors In this stnte.
Early potatoes In Dodge county wero
damaged to come extent by tho recent
cold snap.
Tho muniigenient of the Omaha-Lln-coln-llentrlco
Interurban line has been
buying considerable material recently
for the Lincoln end of thu road and It
Is said the firm Intends to press efforts
toward tho completion of the line.
Requesting thnt congress '.'tnke such
steps as It deems necessary to brlnp
about Justice and humanity In Korea,"
a petition signed by 1,000 Nebraska
i citizens wns sent to Senator Norrls by
Governor McKelvIe.
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